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Candle
·noun That which gives light; a luminary.
II. Candle ·noun A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Candle
Heb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which places the Revised Version and margin...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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candle
Hold a candle. To hold a candle to one, is to wait on him. Hence, 'yon are not fit to hold a candle ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bark
·vt To girdle. ·see <<Girdle>>, ·vt, 3.
II. Bark ·noun ·Alt. of <<Barque>>.
III. Bark ·vi To make ...
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bark
a box for receiving the ends or pieces of candles. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bark
I.
The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Candle coal
·- ·see Cannel coal.
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Candle foot
·add. ·- The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot;
— used a...
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Candle meter
·add. ·- The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter;
— used as a unit o...
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Candle power
·add. ·- Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standar...
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Foot candle
·add. ·- The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
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Candle House
Messuage west of the Brick House called the "Candle Howse" within the site of the late priory or new...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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candle-nut
n.
The name is given in Queenslandto the fruit of Aleurites moluccana, Willd., N.O. Euphorbiaceae. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nut, candle
n.
See candle-nut.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Angostura bark
·- An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cuspa...
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Angustura bark
·- ·see Angostura bark.
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Bark beetle
·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...
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Bark louse
·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
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Calisaya bark
·- A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related s...
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Lace-bark
·noun A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia);
— so called from the lacelike layers of its i...
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Mancona bark
·- ·see Sassy bark.
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Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...
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Quillaia bark
·- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated,...
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Sassy bark
·- The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an o...
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Winter's bark
·- The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in S...
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bitter-bark
n.
an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fever-bark
n.
another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lacey-bark
See lace-bark
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lace-bark
Lacey-bark, or Lacewood
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names for Ribbonwood (q.v.). The inner bark of thetree is like fine la...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring-bark
v. tr.
Same meaning as Ring(1).
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204:
«The selector in a timb...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stringy-bark
I.
n.
1) any one of various Gums, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,for cordage, for roofs ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-bark
n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export.
1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cramp-bark
(Viburnum oxycoccus.) The popular name of a medicinal plant; its properties anti-spasmodic. It bears...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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water-bark
A small decked vessel or tank, used by the Dutch for carrying fresh water.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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paper-bark tree
or Paper-barked Tea-tree
,n.
Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to bark off squirrels
A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark one's shins
To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something.
Mr. Hortshorne calls th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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thief in a candle
Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bark up the wrong tree
A common expression at the West, denoting that a person has mistaken his object, or is pursuing the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.